Chicago has over 19,000 migrants from Venezuela and over 30,000 refugees from Ukraine, who have gotten very different receptions.
Chicago has over 19,000 migrants from Venezuela and over 30,000 refugees from Ukraine, who have gotten very different receptions since they began arriving.Chicago continues to struggle with the number of new migrants in the city. More than 19,000, largely from Venezuela, have arrived since 2022, with more than 11,000 in city shelters and around 3,300 await placement, mostly living in police districts.
"They have relatives over here, they have family over here, they have friends over here," said Frank Sandoval of the Illinois Venezuelan Alliance. "That's not what happens with Venezuelans and some of the Venezuelans are already here and not settled enough to absorb their friends too," he said. "The federal government has programs set up for arrivals from Ukraine and Afghanistan that through local sponsors and federal coordination that allows those communities to get the start they need," said Brandon Lee of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
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